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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Taliban Publicly Flog, Then Execute Pregnant Woman in Afghanistan


Bibi Sanubar, 35, was kept in captivity for three days before she was shot dead in a public trial on Sunday by a local Taliban commander in the Qadis district of the rural western province Badghis.

The Taliban accused Sanubar of having an “illicit affair” that left her pregnant. She was first punished with 200
lashes in public before being shot, deputy provincial police chief Ghulam Mohammad Sayeedi told AFP.
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